[stextbox id=”black”]Don’t worry about someone stealing your idea – if its at all original you will have to ram it down their throats..!
My original idea was to promote the Deltapolis concept by means of a lavishly-illustrated book, even if I had to pay for it from my own pocket. I fondly imagined sending free copies to a list of influential people hoping that at least one of them would see the logic and, if not be inspired to rush out and build a prototype, at least use their influence to get the ball rolling, The two names topping my list were Richard Branson and Sol Kerzner, although I may need to review that as both men seem to have faded from the limelight recently. Richard, I thought, would be interested because it would be a giant physical statement of his “green” credentials – a “Virgin City” would be an enormous banner for his “Virgin” brand. Sol’s reputation is more focussed on exciting hotel projects like the “Palace of the Lost City” and his “Atlantis” and “One and Only” hotels, all of which he has since sold as he has apparently re-located to Montenegro. But what impressed me most of all at the Lost City – and his earlier Cascades Hotel – were the “tropical gardens” designed by his landscape architect, the eccentric genius Patrick Watson (another South African).
[stextbox id=”black”]Although I am not a big fan, I have recently come to the opinion that Donald Trump could be the man to bring this to reality. Trump loves to “think big” and “build big”, so what could be bigger and better than a 3MC? If he loses the 2017 election he could turn defeat into victory with this project. 3MC could be his real TRUMP CARD – a means of exacting poetic revenge on his leftist detractors. Think about it – the “Donald” re-inventing civilisation and “saving the planet” – territory the left has long considered its natural preserve. AND getting huge positive publicity AND making big money from it..! Surely that would be far more ego-satisfying than being a right-wing president and forever a hate totem of the left..?
I have no idea how much this book would cost but, including all the pre-production, design work, editing, and illustrations, etc., it could be as much as $100 per copy with a print-run of just 1,000 – although hopefully less. That said, 1000 copies is a very small print-run and it might cost only a little more to print 2000 or even 5000 copies. But then, as someone who is neither a writer, or an environmentalist, or an architect, or an engineer – how would I get the book widely publicised, taken seriously by the reviewers and placed in all the best bookstores? So, for the book idea to be viable, I would need to enlist a co-author ideally one who the reviewers respect and who had already made a name for himself in the environmental field or perhaps in “green” architecture.